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Cambodian Gambling Seminar on the Possibility of Gaming

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It’s well known that, Cambodia has stood in opposition to gaming for decades. Since the Communist Revolution and the emergence of the Khmer Rouge in the 1960s, the Cambodian government said its citizens were above social ills, such as gambling, drinking, and drugs. Since the deposing of the Khmer Rouge in 1979, the Cambodian government has maintained its stance on illegal gambling for its citizens. Note that the government does allow noncitizens to gamble.

In September, for the first time, there is going to be a gambling seminar in the country.

Recently, the Cambodian government has started to relax its position in part because of the money involved with casino gambling in Cambodia. The country is uniquely placed within Southeast Asia to attract gambling revenue. Other countries in the area, such as Thailand, do not allow gambling because the government feels it is a violation of the country’s Buddhist religion. Because Vietnam and Laos have Communist governments, gambling is also prohibited in those countries. Many residents of Southeast Asia are looking for gaming opportunities and, increasingly, they are looking to Cambodia as a gambling destination. It is estimated that in 2016 alone, gambling revenue was in excess of $30 million. That amounts to a large amount of money in a country that is still developing. The Cambodian government, while publicly still not in favor of gambling, has noted the gambling industry has been profitable for the country.

Gambling laws in Cambodia have also come under scrutiny. While Cambodian citizens cannot gamble, many do because they have a foreign passport, which signifies dual citizenship, thus allowing them to gamble in a casino. In addition, many citizens also spend millions of dollars gambling in illegal casinos, sportsbooks, card games, and lotteries each year, which means the Cambodian government is missing out on the revenue from all the illegal gambling ventures.

In addition, Cambodia is already a tourist destination for eco-tourists who want to explore Cambodia’s rainforests or ancient Buddhist temples, such as Angkor Wat. Gamblers have also been coming to the country, and, in some cases, were flown in by the casinos.

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The nation of Cambodia is looking for investors to increase the number of casinos in the country, which currently stands at 75. The seminar, which opens in September, hopes to attract businesses with plans to further develop the country’s casino industry. It is hoped businesses interested in the gaming industry will be able to communicate with each other and form partnerships to expand gaming. Gaming executives are also going to meet to discuss how to approach the country with legislation that would allow Cambodian citizens to gamble. There will also be discussions on the expansion of gaming into particular areas of Cambodia, how to lure tourists to the country for gambling, and how to lure high-roller tourists into the casinos with incentives. Technology and security are also expected to be a focus of the seminar. Experts in the field believe to stay competitive, as well as win additional government approval, the gaming industry will need to ensure client safety and security. Technology will be among the main topics because the locals seems to want additional games and opportunities to play online.

 

Source: USAOnlineCasino

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Yggdrasil reveals roarsome gameplay in ReelPlay’s Primal Hunter GigaBlox™

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Yggdrasil, a leading iGaming publisher, has teamed up with ReelPlay to transport players to the prehistoric age where colossal symbols take centre stage in Primal Hunter GigaBlox™.

ReelPlay’s six-reel cascading slot can see giant GigaBlox symbols up to 4×4 in size land on every single spin alongside explosions and free spins, helping players reach max wins of more than 7,500x their bet.

Every winning symbol explodes allowing for new symbols to cascade into view forming entirely new winning combinations. If an explosion causes a gap below a GigaBlox symbol and its width cannot fit, the symbol will split up into a 1×1 format.

Landing five or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels will automatically trigger the free spins feature. For every scatter that lands, players will receive two free spins with an unlimited win multiplier that starts at x1 and grows following each cascade.

Primal Hunter GigaBlox is the latest game developed by ReelPlay as part of the YGG Masters program, following in the footsteps of recently released hit King Arthur 10K WAYS.

The title is powered by GATI, with Yggdrasil’s state-of-the-art technology enabling partners to employ the preconfigured, regulation-ready, standardised development toolkit to produce consistently cutting-edge content followed by rapid distribution.

Zoe Bird, Senior Product & Program Manager at Yggdrasil, said: “Our portfolio of games featuring the epic GigaBlox Game Engagement Mechanic continues to grow from strength to strength and Primal Hunter GigaBlox is up there among the very best. Those after intense gameplay and volatile bonuses will truly enjoy this prehistoric title.”

David Johnson, CEO at ReelPlay, said: “ReelPlay are delighted to release Primal Hunter GigaBlox. With best-in-class art, animation and soundscape we also bring our popular cascading multiplier feature to GigaBlox.”

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Bitcoin Miner celebrates two years of hugely successful collaboration with ZBD

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Bitcoin Miner, the world’s number one Bitcoin game, is celebrating two years of its collaboration with ZBD, a leading fintech company powering digital economies for gamers and developers. Since the partnership began, Bitcoin Miner has gone from a forgotten title with no players to becoming one of the largest play-and-earn games ever, with over 2 million lifetime users.

ZBD’s Lightning-powered payments technology enables developers to inject instant rewards into their games to boost retention and community engagement. Fumb Games, the studio behind Bitcoin Miner, partnered with ZBD in March 2022 to help revive its flagship title, enabling it to reward players with fragments of Bitcoin for playing the game as normal. From the outset, the integration of ZBD’s tech had a marked impact, leading to a 12x boost in 30-day retention. Two years on, Bitcoin Miner is achieving 40,000 daily active users, making it the biggest Bitcoin game by user count.

Besides the retention benefit of rewards, which leads to player retention that exceeds 6 months, the success of Bitcoin Miner has also been fueled by community-based features such as regular live events. The majority of Bitcoin Miner players are US-based millennial males who enjoy engaging with gaming communities, with weekly events leading to a 20% increase in revenue. As well as its own community of engaged players, Bitcoin Miner benefits from the ZBD app user base of more than a million gamers.

Paul West, Founder of Fumb Games, said “Bitcoin Miner has proven that US players love games that are fun, snackable and rewarding. The  game is not only sustainable, but has soared to new heights since the partnership with ZBD. It’s no surprise that I’m very excited for the future of bitcoin and player-friendly rewarded games.”

Ben Cousens, Chief Strategy Officer at ZBD, said “The two-year collaboration with Paul and Fumb Games on Bitcoin Miner has been a quintessential success story for what we’re building at ZBD. It proves the value in offering rewards for gamers and the success of ZBD’s rewards and payments tech at making it possible at speed and scale. We will no doubt see further impressive numbers for Bitcoin Miner that cement its status as world’s number one Bitcoin game, and we also look forward to extending the potential benefits of Bitcoin rewards to more developers.”

In November 2023, Fumb Games also integrated ZBD’s technology in its idle tycoon RPG SpaceY. ZBD works with more than 100 game developers worldwide, including major brands such as Square Enix, and is also used by innovative adtech companies like Slice and AdInMo.

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Shadow Summoner Elementals: The New Flagship Release from Fantasma Games

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Developer’s latest title takes players on a mystic adventure where multipliers, wilds and free spins await

Fantasma Games, the Stockholm-based game studio, is asking players to unlock the four elementals to cast magic and summon big wins in the latest slot to leave its production line.

Shadow Summoner Elementals is a thrilling game where players must discover and progress through the Tomes of Flames, Corruption, Thunder and Ice to trigger the free spins bonus where truly magical wins await. Players receive four spins, each with a guaranteed tome in play and the chance to unlock for additional spins.

The game also features multipliers, which drop in the base game before being added together and then applied to the total avalanche win. Yes, this is a pay anywhere game with winning symbols removed and new ones dropping into place to create additional combinations.

Players need to keep their eyes peeled for spreading wilds, which takes the form of the Tome of Ice symbol. This turns itself and one to four neighbouring symbols wild. Then there’s the Tome of Corruption symbol. This turns itself and all neighbouring paying symbols into the same random paying symbol.

The Tome of Thunder brings re-spins. When it lands it turns itself into a multiplier and then destroys four to twelve random symbols, increasing the multiplier by 1x for each before kick-starting a re-spin.

The Tome of Flames is all about upgrades. This includes turning one of the low paying symbols into its corresponding high paying symbol before the Tome of Flames turns itself into the corresponding high symbol of the last upgrade.

Shadow Summoner Elementals is set across six reels and five rows. It has three RTP options of 86%, 94.3% and 96.31%, sits at the medium range of the volatility scale and has a max win potential of 5,601x.

“Shadow Summoner Elementals takes the mythic theme and puts players at the heart of a narrative where they will discover the four tomes in their quest for bonus action and big wins,” the founder and Chief Executive Officer for Fantasma Games, Fredrik Johansson, said. “This is a feature rich game that sits at the middle of the volatility range ensuring plenty of bonus action and lots of big win potential.

“Shadow Summoner Elementals is bound to leave players enchanted and we look forward to seeing it land in the game lobbies of our operator partners in markets across the world.”

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